Facility scenario
General clinic and polyclinic infection control set-up
General practice clinics and polyclinics see patients with undiagnosed respiratory infections alongside routine visits, with busy waiting rooms and shared equipment.
What CDC guidance emphasises
- Respiratory hygiene and triage: identify and separate patients with respiratory symptoms in the waiting area.
- Clean and disinfect environmental surfaces and noncritical patient-care equipment.
- Ventilation and supplemental air cleaning support shared spaces.
Recommended set-up
What each zone needs
Starting recommendations. Quantities and placement are confirmed by a site survey.
Zone
Waiting and triage
Shared air.
- ZenerContinuous far-UVC. Sizing: per waiting area.
- HEPA air filtration unitsMobile filtration. Sizing: by room volume.
Zone
Consultation rooms
Shared devices and surfaces.
Zone
Reception and staff areas
Small high-touch items.
- ZEUSPhones, pens, badges. Sizing: one per reception.
Zone
Treatment rooms (if present)
Whole-room step.
- THOR UVCEnd-of-day UVC terminal disinfection. Sizing: one per clinic.
Equipment summary
Equipment list for this scenario
| Zone | Equipment | Role | Sizing basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waiting and triage | Zener | Continuous far-UVC | Per waiting area |
| Waiting and triage | HEPA air filtration units | Mobile filtration | By room volume |
| Consultation rooms | Zener | Continuous far-UVC | Per room |
| Consultation rooms | HYPERION | Stethoscopes, thermometers, tablets | One per clinic |
| Reception and staff areas | ZEUS | Phones, pens, badges | One per reception |
| Treatment rooms (if present) | THOR UVC | End-of-day UVC terminal disinfection | One per clinic |
Works alongside your existing measures
- Vaccination and respiratory hygiene programmes
- Reprocessing workflow for procedure equipment
CDC references
- CDC. Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care, 2016.
- CDC. Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005. MMWR 2005;54(RR-17). Source
CDC recommendations are product-neutral. Each row shows the CDC recommendation for the application and how the device helps put it into practice, as an additional layer alongside ventilation, manual cleaning, hand hygiene and reprocessing.
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